SIM card scandal claims head of Brazil phone group TIM

Sat, 05/05/2012 - 08:45 EDT - Yahoo!

Luca Luciani, head of Brazil's second biggest wireless phone group TIM Participacoes , who has been embroiled in an investigation into irregular SIM cards, has resigned, the group's parent company Telecom ...

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ROME (Reuters) - Luca Luciani, head of Brazil's second biggest wireless phone group TIM Participacoes , who has been embroiled in an investigation into irregular SIM cards, has resigned, the group's parent company Telecom Italia said on Saturday. In a brief statement, Telecom Italia said Luciani had resigned from all management functions. It said Telecom Italia chief financial officer Andrea Mangoni would be appointed as interim head of its Brazilian operations. ...

ROME (Reuters) - Luca Luciani, head of Brazil's second biggest wireless phone group TIM Participacoes , who has been embroiled in an investigation into irregular SIM cards, has resigned, the group's parent company Telecom Italia said on Saturday.

NEW DELHI: International SIM card and global calling card companies have caught the attention of telecom regulator TRAI over instances of unsatisfactory service quality provided to consumers when they are travelling abroad. Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), last week, called a meeting of 8-9 players and asked them to explain the reason for the poor service, which causes huge inconvenience to customers when they are abroad. A few operators who were part of the TRAI meeting included Matrix, Uniconnect and Oneworld Teleservices.

British spy agency GCHQ broke into the Facebook accounts of employees from Gemalto, the world's biggest SIM card manufacturer, to intercept data about mobile phone encryption, according to The Intercept.

The Great SIM HeistI have a simple question: Why is it a crime for someone to hack into Sony, Target, weather stations, etc., but not a crime for the NSA to hack into phone SIM card producers then steal every master key? In my opinion, all of these hacks are illegal, and the NSA officials who authorized the hack I describe below belong in prison. Please consider The Great SIM Heist